The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-15
A YEARS HISTORY.


70, peace with all countries, alb
pestilencc, continued development
Dual resources and O happy and
rus year. n
gislative history Of tho co ,Iitry
many interesting features. Dur
first session of the Forty-ninth
8, which lasted seven months
;wenty-eight days, the fol-
measures Of Importance were
into laws: The Presidential
IN bill; legalizing the incorpora-
tNonal trades unions; the Oleo.
bill; the increase of the navy;
II Fftz John Porter; and the in
tl2 per month of the pensions Of
I'D dependent relatives. During
session the Electoral Count bill,
to repeal the Tenure of
y, and the resolution against
fecutive sessions Of the
AVE passed, Tho follow
ill pending: Tho Inter- State
bill, the Mexican Pension bill,
Dealing the Timber Culture, Pre-
t&lnd Desert Land laws, the Tariff
Ill to prevent aliens from ac-
owning land in tho Territories,
fuptcy bills, the Anti-Polygamy
FJhincse Indemnity bills, and the
admission Of Dakota and WASH
Fritories.
important event was the nego-
supplemental extradition treaty
t Britain, adding manslaughter,
laent, larceny and dynamiting to
table offenses.
linistratioB has had two little
var. The first grew '}at of the
utting, ittitizen offfaiSas, by the
authorities, in the management Of
" '- Department displayed con-
,hty. The possibility Of inter-
ltbance, however, was finally
IS release last August, after he
Ia and sentenced by q Mexican
"Nalty being his detention for q
ghs Canadian difficulty has
erious one. The 18th of May
rs pavid j. Adams was seized ut
Sits, r alleged violation of the fish
'ane b was the signal for the seiz-
Hy IN more during the summer
<. Of preteXis, most of them
is were made, but they were
rs the Canadians were evil
n Ynined to force this country
a. deaty. A bill passed Congress
~ le President power to retail
Ing off commercial intercourse,
ned to uss it. The English
sustained the Canadians in
and thus far no satisfaction
FHbtained. The President in his
n Congress recommended the
,Et Of a commission to fix the
~ these outrages and make q
flor them.
most exciting events oS the year
zen the great Soutr western strike
Missouri Pacific ,Yjv S.Af eight-hour
ent in Chicago, whict. culminated
Anarchistic bomb II lowing. The
yes on the MISSOURI Pacific,
in number, were ordered out
Knights Of Labor the 18th OF
scause some person who had been
ed in Texas was not rein.
The strike rapidly spread through
L Texas, Missouri and Kansas,
n East st. Louis, Ill. The
--Anf the above States interposed
n to induce the strikers to re-
sf work in vain. Mr.. Powderly
ICED the strike as untimely, and
q o authority arose between him
al !. Irons, the local leader.
"a Of March Mr.. Powderly
he men back to work
n arbitration between him
I'D. but the strikers declined
rk when the railroad company
| lake back the leaders. The in
/. .e to nothing and the Execu'
y iOf the knights Of Labor
:, 10 or1er to resume. In East
"a he strike assumed a violent
rem of the rioters were killed.
committee was appointed by
F investigate tho trouble, and
yr iompletion the strike was de-
i Sd of May.
r BON the 1st of May the eight
~ TENT began. Two days later,
= . inf1ammstory speeches OF
us, mob attacked McCOr.
~, but was repulsed by the
,shext evening occurred the at
ho police and the bomb-throw'
ymarket square, which resulted
,r ath Of seven OF the officers and
ming Of sixty others. The
by the Anarchists was
.th-blow of the eight-hour
It, and on the 18th of May the
med to work on the old basis.
'n1 chist conspirators = Spies
II scher, Engel, Lingg, Parsons
Fielden-were indicted May 25
impaneled July Is. and the 20tf
they were found guilty. The
= a now trial was overruled Octo
Sthe 9th they were sentenced tc
ofb the exception of Neebe, whose
1t was fixed at fifteen years in
ntiary. Tho 25th of Novembe,
tt issued supersedeas in the
10 been numerous other strikes
dntry, prominent among them
10 street-car employees AMI sugar
Hken in New York City, the mil
at Amsterdam, N Y, the tan
f5h lem and Peabody, Mass, the
les of New Jersey and the
Y Y "a nnsylvania.
ofii % its Of interest during the yeal
re, V,nviction and punishment o.
the Anarchist, in New York
~ Sof tho Bartholdi statue, thu
= r .thquake in August and thu
= --ctions.
,,snS4HE OLD YEAR ABROAD.
Jugh the old year was u particularly
fal one yet it has witnessed many
X political events and complication
as the New Year dawns portent
strife between the European Pow
The nucleus Of this menScing agita
Isulgarin. The year opened with |
rom Greece against tile union o
and Roumelia, riEsich was
followed by the flobilizatiol
!. forces Notwithstanding the re
warnings Of the ySrlin treat,
!. The latter, with orthe excep
Russia, recognized thu union AM
I'D the appointment Of Prince Alex
Ex-Governor for q limited term o
ultimately succeeded in compell
4 zee to disarrn by u display Of forc'
.mis Bay. In August occurred th'
BILE coup d'etat, growing out of Rus
Ltrigue, by which Alexander wa
10 abdicate. A Provisional Govern